Man Is Charged in Airing of Hezbollah TV
From Times Wire Reports
A businessman was charged with providing satellite broadcasts of a Hezbollah television station to New York-area customers, authorities said.
Javed Iqbal, 42, was arrested on conspiracy charges in the alleged enabling of the broadcasts of Al Manar, which was designated by the U.S. government this spring as a global terrorist entity, U.S. Atty. Michael J. Garcia said in a statement.
Garcia said Iqbal used satellite dishes at his New York City home to distribute the broadcasts through a company called HDTV Limited.
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